Aslan Karatsev will play against Yoshihito Nishioka in the first round of the Paris Masters. The match will start on October 31 at 11:00.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #1 – Handicap (-2.5) for Nishioka – 1.54.
Bookmaker Ratings: Prediction #2 – Total Games Under 23 – 1.55.
Karatsev’s results in the second half of the season have been completely disappointing. Aslan left the last few tournaments after his opening matches. We believe that in Paris too, Aslan will be shucking his racket as soon as possible. Nishioka is good on the indoor hard courts this season, so we expect him to win this encounter.
Karatsev is losing one match after another in the second half of the season, not staying long in any of the tournaments. In our opinion, Aslan’s performance in Paris is not worth waiting for. Nishioka has been showing confident tennis this season, so we expect a confident win over Aslan in the upcoming match.
Karatsev, a day before the Paris Masters, announced the resumption of cooperation with his coach Yahor Yatsyk. It was under his guidance that Aslan reached the semifinals of the Australian Open, won several tournaments and climbed up to the 14th place in the rankings.
At the end of last year, Karatsev decided to part with Yatsyk. As the current season has shown, it was a serious mistake.
There is no point in telling about the failures of Karatsev once again. Everyone already knows that all he has been doing recently is losing.
For example, last week, Aslan lost to Alexander Bublik (3-6, 6-7) in a tournament in Basel. At the same time, he got into the main draw as a lucky loser. In the decisive round of the qualifiers, he lost to Ugo Humbert (6-4, 6-7, 1-6).
Karatsev has lost 13 of his last 17 matches.
Karatsev has lost nine of his last ten encounters against higher-ranked opponents.
Nishioka, meanwhile, recently updated his ranking record to 37th.
First, in early October, he sensationally won a tournament in Seoul. In the decisive match, the representative of Japan defeated Denis Shapovalov (6-4, 7-6).
In addition, Yoshihito reached the quarter-finals in Antwerp. Not a bad result, though his loss to Sebastian Korda (0-6, 2-6) was too painful.
In the tournament in Vienna, Nishioka lost in the first round to Taylor Fritz (7-6, 6-7, 3-6), but it must be admitted that he had a very decent match against Taylor.
Nishioka has won eight of his previous ten matches as a favourite.
Type of Court – Indoor Hard
Speed of Court – 8/10
Karatsev’s Rating – 60
Aslan Karatsev Wins/Losses in 2022 – 18/30
Nishioka’s Rating – 37
Yoshihito Nishioka Wins/Losses in 2022 – 43/24
In 3 of Nishioka’s last 5 matches, less than 9.5 games have been played in the first set. We offer to bet on “1st Set Games Under 9.5” with odds of 1.805.
Aslan and Yoshihito will play their first head-to-head match.
The match will be played at Court 1, AccorHotels Arena, Paris, France.
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